The squash and courgette are likely to be a bit more sensitive. I've found that protecting them from cold wind helps, using a wind break made from...
They are fine and growing nicely. The tomatoes are flowering, as are the squashes (which have a bubble-wrap wind break). My greenhouse is so...
Celery-leaved buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus
I've had courgettes and squashes outdoors for 2 wks now, and some more cold tolerant tomatoes outdoors for a month. But then I tell my plants that...
Euphorbia amygdaloides ‘Purpurea’....perhaps
(wiseowl's reference was the one I was thinking of. It'd make a great architectural plant at the back of a herbaceous border, like castor oil...
Yeah, I reckon it is a juvenile leaf of that naughty plant. It's common in bird seed and is a largish black/grey pip. I personally wouldn't have,...
Yes, that's my experience. The new design is smart enough to use as a waste bin! I'm on my second year of using the old design and the rims are...
James Wong says keep the soil on the wet side.
OK, James Wong says, plant out spring through to autumn in a damp shady spot with lots of organic matter in the soil. Several mentions of organic...
There are a couple of pages on wasabi in James Wong's Homegrown Revolution. I'm in a rush this morning but have left the book by my computer and...
Yup, that looks like the legendary wasabi basil plant! James Wong has been promoting them in the UK and I've read an article in a paper about...
Here are some quick tomato photos from my greenhouse: The one on the left with fruit visible is Bloody Butcher. I knocked off the first that had...
Nice one Rob! (Spend over £10 on plants?....haha, I did spend 10p on clearance leek seedlings at Homebase a week ago!)
I had a tall pot with a tumbling tom in last year. The plant grew to a huge size trailing all around the pot. It's dwarf, which means that the...
...I live in a rather sad area. My local Homebase and B&Q are heaving at the weekends, with cars queuing to get in.
Overheard a couple in Homebase today being told their big bulb bowls were free in exchange for a donation to charity, so picked up 5 for friend...
Nice one Scrungee. What variety is that tomato in fruit?
Tis done. Just put it in 1st class so it should be with Aridae soon. Beware tho that it won't fit through your letterbox, so expect the postie to...
Very tricky. Where do you live? (Just checking you are in the UK as I've once tried to ID a plant from someone living in a completely different...
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